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Furious staff LOCK family inside restaurant for refusing to pay tip after bad service



A Houston family were locked inside a restaurant and the police were called after they refused to pay the tip.

Out for dinner with friends and family, Jasmine Marks claimed that the service at La Fisherman was not of the quality that deserved the mandatory 17 percent gratuity in the bill.

That is the amount the restaurant adds to parties of more than five diners, but Mark's complaint was that the staff were rude, their drinks were not refilled and mistakes were made on their orders.


Speaking to the manager at the end of the meal, Marks was astounded as the restaurant demanded they pay the full 17 percent and eventually called the police reported Click2houston.com.
'We asked her, could the gratuity be removed?' said Mar


'Could we give our own tip?

'If you're not satisfied with the service, you shouldn't have to pay gratuity.'

Explaining that restaurant policy was inflexible, the manager locked the door and phoned local law enforcement.
'She was like, 'You have an unsettled bill and ya'll can't leave until you pay it,' said Marks.

'We paid our bill for what we ate, we paid the bill.'

Only questioning why the 17 percent was mandatory when it was a tip for service, Mark's tried to reason with the manager of La Fisherman.

'She said, 'That's fine. If you don't want to pay the gratuity we have the police outside,' said Marks.


'I asked the police officer twice, maybe three times, is it against the law if we don't pay the gratuity and he never gave me a straight answer.'

Speaking to Houston's local KPRC Local 2, the on-duty manager at the restaurant said that they don't have a problem with customers not giving a tip, but they have called the police before.

The issue alerted Houston's Better Business Bureau who have announced that they are examining the complaint